The art housed in Federal Hall have been carefully chosen to be contemporary with, or sympathetic to, the building and the Scott College of Business.

The Great Depression (1929-1939) was a bleak time for many Americans and many of the artists for the Works Progress Administration Federal Arts Project chose to reflect that in works that represented toil and hardship. Others chose to celebrate “the worker” and the works from the period in Federal Hall represent both views.

As many as 10,000 artists were employed by the Works Progress Administration Federal Arts Project between 1935 and 1943 to create murals, easel paintings, sculpture, graphic art, posters, photography, Index of American Design documentation, theater scenic design, and arts and crafts. Artists were paid $23.60 a week. (Wikipedia, Federal Art Project)

Greetings from a Manhattan Artist (c1937) - Ida Abelman (1910–2002)

Untitled - Tom Buchta

Coal Pickers (1939) - David Burke

West St. Modeste, Pinware Bay (2015) - Billy Childish (1959)

Inside IRS (1974) - Warrington Colescott (1921)

Harbor Skyline (1930) - Howard Norton Cook (1901–1980)

Oilers (1938) - William LeRoy Flint (1909-1991)

Anthracite (1938) - Michael J. Gallagher (1898-1965)

Rooftops (1938) - John P. Heins (1896-1969)

Fish Stand Canarsie - William Hicks (1895-1950)

River Town (1954) - Palmer Holmes

Bluebird (1919) - Rockwell Kent (1882-1971)

Take a Number (1994) - Neil Klassen

Coalopolis (2010) - Ralph M. Larmann

Erie Rail Road Locos Watering (1934) - Reginald Marsh (1898-1954)

Department Store (1930) - Kenneth Hayes Miller (1876–1952)

Mr. July is on top of the World in Business (1991) - Andrea Ondish (1960)

Double French Money (1965) - Larry Rivers (1923–2002)

Labor­ (1936) - Manuel G. Silberger (1898-1968)

Front Street (1930s) - Agnes Gabrielle Tait (1894-1981)

Straw Boss (1939) - Joseph Vogel (1911-1995)

Breaking Concrete (1939) - Isadore Weiner (1910 - 1964)

Miner (1984) - Neng-Chiang Yang (1957)

Coalmine #1 (1985) - Neng-Chiang Yang (1957)

Coalmine #2 (1985) - Neng-Chiang Yang (1957)

Greetings from a Manhattan Artist (c1937) - Ida Abelman (1910–2002)

Untitled - Tom Buchta

Coal Pickers (1939) - David Burke

West St. Modeste, Pinware Bay (2015) - Billy Childish (1959)

Inside IRS (1974) - Warrington Colescott (1921)

Harbor Skyline (1930) - Howard Norton Cook (1901–1980)

Oilers (1938) - William LeRoy Flint (1909-1991)

Anthracite (1938) - Michael J. Gallagher (1898-1965)

Rooftops (1938) - John P. Heins (1896-1969)

Fish Stand Canarsie - William Hicks (1895-1950)

River Town (1954) - Palmer Holmes

Bluebird (1919) - Rockwell Kent (1882-1971)

Take a Number (1994) - Neil Klassen

Coalopolis (2010) - Ralph M. Larmann

Erie Rail Road Locos Watering (1934) - Reginald Marsh (1898-1954)

Department Store (1930) - Kenneth Hayes Miller (1876–1952)

Mr. July is on top of the World in Business (1991) - Andrea Ondish (1960)